HAVE A SAFE AND FUN 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND

JUST WISHING EVERYONE A SAFE AND FUN 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND!

An Explosion Of Rudbeckias

Presently, there's a huge explosion of Rudbeckias in my garden and I love it! There's a story behind these happy daisy like blooms. My mother had always been an avid gardener. Everything she planted, whether it was in her flower beds, or vegetable garden grew like crazy. People would stop in front of her house to tell her how lovely her flowers looked, which made her day. Back in 2004 which was the summer before my dear mother passed away, me and my mom stopped at this little stand where this man was only selling Rudbeckia hirtas. He had tons of them. We both decided we would each perchase two small plants to put in our flower beds. The man selling us the flowers told us that the hirtas were annuals and would not return the following year. We bought them anyway and enjoyed looking at them the rest of the summer.
The following summer not expecting them to return, I noticed I not only had two plants, but there were now four pretty Rudbeckias in my front landscape. Immediately I thought maybe this was a sign from my mother who had now passed away. Since I've planted these flowers they have multiplied so much I can't even begin to count how many I have in m front garden. I must have a hundred of them in bloom right now and they're beautiful. What's even more beautiful is, every time I sit on my porch to admire them, I think of that pretty summer day me and my mother were out and about looking for flowers.
A close up I took of the Rudbeckia Hirtas

A close up of a flower.
A very small part of the floral explosion taking place in my garden.

Baby Robbins In Their Nest On My Security Light

These adorable baby Robbins have taken up residence on the security light, next to my back door. Their mother sleeps in the pine tree by the edge of my property. She becomes very agitated when my dog lays in the area of her nest. Mom is busy running back and forth feeding her young all day long. These three cute little birds are getting so big, I'm afraid they're going to fall out of the nest into my cat Tessa's mouth. I try to watch the area closely, so I can make sure that doesn't happen. Hopefully they'll be flying away soon.